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September 5, 2013

Vintage Crochet

The Pumpkin Spice Latte has reappeared and with the unofficial start of fall, here's where I geek out about crochet (which is obviously The Season Of Yarn):

A dear friend of the fam gave the little ladies this fantastic doll from the 1950s (maybe?) and an adorable train case full of aaaaaamazing doll/children clothes from the same era.

In this adorable train case, there were several very well-made crocheted sweaters. They were the impetus for this project:

But there was one cardigan among the doll clothes that I especially loved that I wanted, NEEDED, to make:

egads, it's precious

So, like most of my projects in which I have no idea what I'm doing, I'm going to make this sweater.

Here's what I've done so far:

found some yarn and a hook

counted the stitches on the first row (nearest the neck)

made a corresponding chain and first row of stitches

counted the stitches on the second row

...

Yeah, I'm not saying I'm DONE or anything, but I'm confident. And confidence is half the battle... Or winning is. (Winning is half the battle? That really seems like the whole battle. The battle is half the war? Now I'm losing confidence...)

I was most intrigued by the lacy body of the vintage piece:

google found it for me

After a pretty random Google search ("diamond mesh crochet stitch"), I came upon the Lover's Knot pattern. Score!

I wanted to start work on it right away because all of the doll clothes have seen a lot of love, but the crochet is coming apart in many places.

you're welcome

And I want to marry these buttonholes: so classy, so easy.

just a DC and a shell? come on!

Have I nerded out about crocheting enough for you? Or would you like me to throw some more jargon at you?